The hidden Doha: Inside the ‘Industrial Area’ where thousands of workers live in Qatar

It is one of the most important areas in Doha but rarely seen by the outside world. Just six months before the World Cup, Quentin Muller reports from Qatar’s Industrial Area

A man walks past an accommodation block in the Industrial Area (Quentin Muller)

On the ground lie bottles of vodka, whiskey and beer, partially buried in the sand.

Hidden behind parked cars, piles of scrap metal and abandoned trucks, men stagger in the dark next to illegal alcohol sellers who serve customers who pay in cash.

Some 20km (12 miles) south of the glitzy and ultra-modern capital of Qatar, Doha, stands the Industrial Area.